degenerate是什么意思_degenerate怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

unrestrained by convention or morality;"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"
"deplorably dissipated and degraded"
"riotous living"
"fast women"

Verb:

grow worse;"Her condition deteriorated"
"Conditions in the slums degenerated"
"The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

中英词源

degenerate 堕落，恶化

de-, 向下，离开。-gen, 出生，词源同gene, generate. 原义为偏离祖训，有损祖先名声，后引申为堕落，恶化。

degenerate (adj.): late 15c., from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "to be inferior to one"s ancestors, to become unlike one"s race or kind, fall from ancestral quality," used of physical as well as moral qualities, from phrase de genere, from de + genus (genitive generis) "birth, descent" (see genus). The noun is from 1550s.
degenerate (v.): 1540s, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "fall from ancestral quality" (see degenerate (adj.)). Figurative sense of "to fall off, decline" was in Latin. Related: Degenerated; degenerating.

词态变化

第三人称单数 degenerates;
过去式 degenerated;
过去分词 degenerated;
现在分词 degenerating;
名词 degeneracy;

权威造句

1. Will too much freedom make them degenerate?: 太多的自由会令他们堕落吗 ?

2. The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.: 新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量.

3. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate.: 长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。

4. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.: 从那时起，整个活动的基调开始变质。

5. We must not allow our necessary scepticism to degenerate into cynicism.: 我们不应让必要的怀疑态度滑向玩世不恭.

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近反义词

deteriorate 恶化

ne"er-do-well 没用的人

rascal 淘气鬼

debauched 堕落的

reprobate 堕落的人

sinner 罪人

troublemaker 闹事者

wrongdoer 做坏事的人

collapse （使）倒塌

reduce 减少

relapse 复发

worsen (使)更坏

corrupt 腐败的

debased 质量低劣的

decadent 堕落的

immoral 不道德的

deviate 偏离

libertine 性行为放纵者...

dissipated 驱散，消散（动词diss...

dissolute 放荡的

drop 落下

devolve 委任

riotous 暴乱的

deviant 不正常的

degraded 被贬低的

profligate 放荡的

fast 快的

pervert 误用

相似短语

degenerate into 退[蜕]化为堕落为

degenerate code 简并编码，简并密码

degenerate junction 简并结

degenerate matrix 退化矩阵

degenerate tissue 退化组织

degenerate amplifier 负反馈放大器，简并放大器

degenerate mode 简并模

degenerate regression 退化回归

degenerate segment 简并线段

degenerate star 简并星

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